SUSE-SU-2018:2685-1

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SUSE-SU-2018:2685-1

Summary: Security update for openssh

Details: This update for openssh provides the following fixes: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2017-15906: Stricter checking of operations in read-only mode in sftp server (bsc#1065000). - CVE-2016-10012: Remove pre-auth compression support from the server to prevent possible cryptographic attacks (bsc#1016370). - CVE-2008-1483: Refine handling of sockets for X11 forwarding to remove reintroduced CVE-2008-1483 (bsc#1069509). - CVE-2016-10708: Prevent DoS due to crashes caused by out-of-sequence NEWKEYS message (bsc#1076957). Bug fixes: - bsc#1017099: Enable case-insensitive hostname matching. - bsc#1023275: Add a new switch for printing diagnostic messages in sftp client's batch mode. - bsc#1048367: systemd integration to work around various race conditions. - bsc#1053972: Remove duplicate KEX method. - bsc#1092582: Add missing piece of systemd integration. - Remove the limit on the amount of tasks sshd can run.

References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20182685-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1016370, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1017099, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1023275, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1048367, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1053972, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1065000, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1069509, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1076957, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1092582, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1483, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10012, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10708, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15906